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Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the USA

Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the USA

Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the USA

Subject: vote: consent

Date of vote: 04.07.2012

ID: 3055

Final vote: Yes

For 39 (6%)

Against 478 (70%)

Abstentions 165 (24%)

Total number of Members of the European Parliament at the moment of this vote

Total members

754

Total number of MEPs who cast their vote on this proposal

Voters

682

Total number of MEPs who were present on this day, but did not vote on this occasion

Didn`t vote

29

Total number of MEPs who were absent on this day

Absent

43

The simple majority is reached if the number of votes in favor is higher than the added number of votes cast in favor and against divided by two (abstentions are not taken into account).

Required to pass

259

Policy area

International trade

Type of vote

Draft legislative resolution

Procedure

Legislative (consent)

There is no correspondent vote in the Council to display. This can be either because this issue is non-legislative and will not be voted upon in the Council, or because it is legislative, but hasn't been voted in the Council yet.